- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Smith double-hundred drives massive Hampshire total
- Updated: August 5, 2016
Lancashire 70 for 1 (Hameed 39*, Procter 21*) trail Hampshire 548 for 6 dec (Smith 210, Adams 88, McLaren 81*, Alsop 50) by 478 runsScorecard
Will Smith recorded his highest first-class score to help Hampshire to a hefty first innings for 548 for 6 declared against Lancashire at the Ageas Bowl.
Smith spent nine and a half hours at the crease to score 210 – eclipsing his previous best tally of 201 not out for Durham against Surrey in 2008.
Smith, who is standing in for James Vince as captain in this match, had begun the day on 99 following a day of patient batting on a flat track.
But he brought up his three figures with the first ball of the morning – cutting firmly to the boundary for his first ton since September 2014. The century, from 285 balls was watchful, bordering on sluggish although an important backbone for his team-mates to play their shots, on a pitch where the only gremlins came when the …
continue reading in source www.espncricinfo.com
